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Every NFL team's schedule as kickoff nears for 2014 season

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Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy carries the ball against the Oakland Raiders during an NFL preseason game on Aug. 22, 2014, in Green Bay, Wis. The former Alabama standout will lead the Packers against the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in the opening game of the NFL regular season.
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The NFL kicks off for 2014 on Thursday night when the Green Bay Packers visit the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks for the first of the regular season's 256 games. The season-opening week will continue with 13 games on Sunday and two games on Monday night.

NBC will televise nationally the Packers-Seahawks game at 7:30 CDT p.m. Thursday. Green Bay will be back at CenturyLink Field for the first time since the "Fail Mary" game in 2012, when replacement officials botched a Hail Mary call in a controversial finish on "Monday Night Football."

Three other season-opening games are on national television -- Indianapolis Colts-Denver Broncos at 7:30 p.m. Sunday on NBC, New York Giants-Detroit Lions at 6:10 p.m. Monday on ESPN and San Diego Chargers-Arizona Cardinals at 9:20 p.m. Monday on ESPN.

NBC will televise a Sunday night game through Week 16 of the season. ESPN has a "Monday Night Football" game from Week 2 through Week 16. CBS picks up the Thursday night game from Week 2 through Week 8, and NFL Network also shows the Thursday night game from Week 2 through Week 16.

The NFL plays three games in London this season - Miami Dolphins-Oakland Raiders on Sept. 28, Lions-Atlanta Falcons on Oct. 26 and Dallas Cowboys-Jacksonville Jaguars on Nov. 9.

The Raiders open the season on Sunday by visiting the New York Jets, getting a good jump on the league-leading 36,078 miles the NFL says Oakland will travel to play this season, about 11,000 miles more than any other team. On top of that, the Raiders also have the hardest 2014 schedule, based on 2013 records. Oakland's opponents had a combined .578 winning percentage last year.

That might not mean much, though. In each of the past 11 NFL seasons, at least one team that finished last in a division has won the division title the following year. Last year, the Carolina Panthers and the Kansas City Chiefs did it.

In contrast to Oakland, the Pittsburgh Steelers travel the least (5,918 miles) and the Colts have the easiest schedule (.430).

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The schedule for the opening week of the NFL season (with a link to each team's 2014 schedule):